Wolves

  • Wolf pelt investigation yields other wildlife charges for two Twisp men

    Ken Cole

    Numerous charges have been filed This is in relation to a story that was first reported last year in March about someone who allegedly tried to send a package that was dripping blood and contained a wolf pelt. Charges for killing the wolves have not been filed yet but charges for state game violations have…

  • More livestock subsidies by the Federal Government

    Ken Cole

    5-year “demonstration project” to compensate ranchers and fund proactive, non-lethal activities. The USFWS has announced how it will disperse $1 million annually to the states with wolves for 5 years. This funding was approved in the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 which created several wilderness areas such as the Owyhee Wilderness in southern…

  • Wolves Reported on Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula

    Ken Cole

    A group of up to three wolves may be living on the Lower Peninsula For many years there have been lone wolves reported on the Lower Peninsula but this is the first confirmation of more than one. The wolves may have crossed the frozen lake near Mackinac Bridge to get there from the Upper Peninsula…

  • Montana Allows Unfettered Killing of Wolves by Wildlife Services

    Ken Cole

    “Wildlife Services agents no longer need FWP authorization to kill wolves at or near confirmed livestock depredation sites.” This is about the worst scenario for wolves of Montana that could be concocted by the state, especially while the decision to delist them is being considered in the courts. This nudges wolves even closer to a…

  • Is there a new pack of wolves near Lake Chelan?

    Ken Cole

    Is there a new pack of wolves near Lake Chelan? By K.C. Mehaffey World staff writer

  • Mexico to place 5 wolves near AZ

    Ken Cole

    REINTRODUCTION PLANNED AS EARLY AS THIS MONTH This story appeared last week while I was gone and there was a little discussion about it on the open thread but I think it deserves its own thread. The significance of this story is not so much that wolves are being released into the wild but that…

  • The 2009 Idaho Wildlife Services Report

    Ken Cole

    From Mark Collinge “The attached report summarizes information regarding wolf management activities conducted by the Idaho Wildlife Services (WS) program in Federal fiscal year 2009, covering the period from October1, 2008 – September 30, 2009. If you have questions regarding any of the information in this report, please contact the Idaho WS State Office.” ID…

  • Initial Estimates Indicate Idaho's Wolf Population DECLINED

    Ken Cole

    First Decline Since Reintroduction In Testimony to the Senate Resource and Environment Committee on January 18th Jim Unsworth, Deputy Director of the Idaho Fish and Game, said that the Idaho wolf population is about 800 animals which is down from last year’s estimate of 846. This would be the first decline seen in the wolf…

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